To all members,
I gotta think of a catchy name for this.
Thanks to all members sending and posting comments about the 2016 calendar. Tom did a great job putting it together and is still helping the new Board. I wish there were awards for outgoing Board members for their service 'cause he sure deserves one. Thanks to all the contributing members for being part of the 2016 calendar.
Every year people complement the calendar, but towards the end of the year, we are always asking at the last minute for contributions to it. Our new VP Pete and our new Membership Chair Greg will be asking again in a few months. Please, use your cellulars, pack a camera. Shoot. Send them in when they ask. Its a kick to have your car included. Not only that, when people outside our club see it, it represents SAOCA.
We had a second Board meeting today. You'll be pleased to know all members of the Board were there and also Mr. Bill Blue, who will be overseeing the Invasions to come. Although not a voting member, Bill is willing to contribute to the Club. We appreciate his input.
Greg and I will be meeting this week to put together what we hope will simplify the dues and member premiums. We will be posting the results soon. Remember, your Board serves as volunteers. We hope to serve the membership well, but we still need time for family, work, and most of all our cars. (Myself, I'm just looking forward to having my 2 Alpines, parts, and tools in the same Zip Code. Heck, I'd settle for the same time zone.)
I've gotten feedback that the annual poster isn't very popular. The poster is expensive to mail, with the postage and the tube. I'd like a little more input from all of you, pro and con. If that's the case, we should consider replacing it with something prefered. We're open to replacements. Your Board is dedicated to adding value to the membership.
In a few months we hope to have the Regalia up and running. I'll be getting artwork of our emblem soon. This is a personal gripe of mine and am determined to have this up and running by Summer. The issue in the past has been guessing what the members want, spending Club funds inventorying it and risking those funds against the possibility of dead inventory. The alternative is giving our emblem to an outfit that can make 1 or 100 of whatever a member orders. Problem is unless they get a bunch of orders in a month, the Club sees no income from it. I'd be happy for a small income to the Club in exchange for members having the oportunity to fly our colors.
Stand by for interesting membership statistics. A few weeks ago I posted a request to the previous Regional Presidents asking if they wished to continue. Got one reply which was a polite decline. Greg sent me some numbers and I got out a map and put the number of members in each state. Figured it might help me sort out new Regions. Enough with the misconception that SAOCA is an east coast centric club. Out of 319 "active" members, 64 are in the Golden State. 186/319 are west of the Mississippi. 116 are from the Rockies to the Pacific. 88 on the Pacific Coast alone. In my humble opinion, there just ain't no excuse why we don't have some activities way out West folks. If there's interest, we can post the individual state numbers.
Did you know we have no members in Maine, Rhode Island, North Dakota, Wyoming, Alaska or Hawaii?
So there we go. Standing by for your input and replies.
I gotta think of a catchy name for this.
Thanks to all members sending and posting comments about the 2016 calendar. Tom did a great job putting it together and is still helping the new Board. I wish there were awards for outgoing Board members for their service 'cause he sure deserves one. Thanks to all the contributing members for being part of the 2016 calendar.
Every year people complement the calendar, but towards the end of the year, we are always asking at the last minute for contributions to it. Our new VP Pete and our new Membership Chair Greg will be asking again in a few months. Please, use your cellulars, pack a camera. Shoot. Send them in when they ask. Its a kick to have your car included. Not only that, when people outside our club see it, it represents SAOCA.
We had a second Board meeting today. You'll be pleased to know all members of the Board were there and also Mr. Bill Blue, who will be overseeing the Invasions to come. Although not a voting member, Bill is willing to contribute to the Club. We appreciate his input.
Greg and I will be meeting this week to put together what we hope will simplify the dues and member premiums. We will be posting the results soon. Remember, your Board serves as volunteers. We hope to serve the membership well, but we still need time for family, work, and most of all our cars. (Myself, I'm just looking forward to having my 2 Alpines, parts, and tools in the same Zip Code. Heck, I'd settle for the same time zone.)
I've gotten feedback that the annual poster isn't very popular. The poster is expensive to mail, with the postage and the tube. I'd like a little more input from all of you, pro and con. If that's the case, we should consider replacing it with something prefered. We're open to replacements. Your Board is dedicated to adding value to the membership.
In a few months we hope to have the Regalia up and running. I'll be getting artwork of our emblem soon. This is a personal gripe of mine and am determined to have this up and running by Summer. The issue in the past has been guessing what the members want, spending Club funds inventorying it and risking those funds against the possibility of dead inventory. The alternative is giving our emblem to an outfit that can make 1 or 100 of whatever a member orders. Problem is unless they get a bunch of orders in a month, the Club sees no income from it. I'd be happy for a small income to the Club in exchange for members having the oportunity to fly our colors.
Stand by for interesting membership statistics. A few weeks ago I posted a request to the previous Regional Presidents asking if they wished to continue. Got one reply which was a polite decline. Greg sent me some numbers and I got out a map and put the number of members in each state. Figured it might help me sort out new Regions. Enough with the misconception that SAOCA is an east coast centric club. Out of 319 "active" members, 64 are in the Golden State. 186/319 are west of the Mississippi. 116 are from the Rockies to the Pacific. 88 on the Pacific Coast alone. In my humble opinion, there just ain't no excuse why we don't have some activities way out West folks. If there's interest, we can post the individual state numbers.
Did you know we have no members in Maine, Rhode Island, North Dakota, Wyoming, Alaska or Hawaii?
So there we go. Standing by for your input and replies.